52.6% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Glenfield · Suburb / Locality
Language in Glenfield
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Glenfield speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, with 52.6% of residents using a non-English language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is only used by 40.4% of the community, common second languages include Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin and Tagalog. Around 5.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
5.5% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Glenfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11668/glenfield/topic/language